March 12th, 2010
She's got a link to this on her other blog. I read some of it and had tears running down my face from laughing. But then I have an odd sense of humor. Sleep Talkin' Man.
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A man who was standing in the middle of southbound Interstate 5 south of Shasta Dam Boulevard in Shasta Lake was struck by a big rig tonight.
Yesterday the California Senate voted 21-15 to approve legislation that would relieve the tax liability of California homeowners from who have had forgiven debt from a foreclosure or short sale. The bill will make changes to the stateâ€
TULELAKE — A 37-year-old Tulelake man wearing a bullet-proof vest was arrested Thursday after he allegedly waved a .45-caliber revolver in the air at the Lava Beds National Monument, it was announced today by U.S. Department of Justice officials.
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Firefighters were being called this afternoon to a reported structure fire on Tremonto Drive near North Street.
"Tidepool" guessed it correctly as being located on Bridge Street in Fall River Mills. Congratulations Tidepool! Thank you everyone for playing, and thank you River City Java for providing the winner with a $10 gift certificate and a beautiful frameable...
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Highway 299 is open again in both directions west of Redding.
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Three Vina residents were arrested Thursday by Tehama County drug agents after a search warrant that was served at a 7th Street residence that’s within 1,000 feet of an elementary school yielded drugs.
As promised, the Consumer Product Safety Commission today issued a warning to parents and caregivers who use slings for their infants. The agency said, "be cautious when using infant slings for babies younger than four months of
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"CBS radio news this morning ran a clip of one of your recent speeches. In it, you criticize insurance companies because they “ration coverage … according to who can pay and who can’t.”My first thought was “not exactly; coverage is rationed according to who pays and who doesn’t.” Ability to pay isn
Abraham Lincoln "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.""Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.""Give me
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There will be a Celebration of Life event for former Shasta County Supervisor Molly Wilson at 10 a.m. Saturday at Redding Christian Fellowship (2157 Victor Ave.). Then, at 2 p.m., an additional service will take place at the Northern California…
Police Chief Hansen believes it's "likely" and "realistic" that someone in Redding will "fall victim to a serious felonious act perpetrated" by one of the over 19,000 criminals receiving early release from state prison under the September 2009 emergency budget...
LOS MOLINOS — A 49-year-old Tehama County man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sale and transportation of methamphetamine during a traffic stop here.
A suspected drug dealer threw brown powder heroin in the faces of Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force (SINTF) agents on Sunday in an unsuccessful escape.
Everyone's looking for the easiest, affordable way to go green. Now you can find out about some of the latest eco-friendly products by listening to Eco Trends with Debra Atlas, every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:20 pm on K-Shasta, 104.3FM.
SALYER — A coroner has been called to the scene of a major injury accident today in which a vehicle reportedly went down a steep embankment off Highway 299 near here and landed in the Trinity River.
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Lenders, loan servicing companies and homeowners have been fighting over how to deal with mortgages that are underwater. According to a recent article in the New York Times “more than 5 million households are behind in their mortgages and risk foreclosure”. The Obama administration has targeted bill
The Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force (SINTF) arrested a North Redding man and placed his 3-year-old son in the care of Child and Family Services yesterday after they served a search warrant on his trailer and found a meth lab.
Conditions at Mt. Shasta Ski Park
I’m on the Green Committee with several of my colleagues at the Shasta Association of REALTORS. It’s a big subject! Our committee discussion ranges widely. We are all individuals with a broad spectrum of ideas and opinions about how best to influence homebuilders and homebuyers to be more environmentally conscio
Featured performances include solos from Simpson student concerto winners
and works from Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mozart and Chaminade.
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Earlier this week, the chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Inez Tenenbaum, made some remarks about the risks of infant slings. “We know of too many deaths in these slings and we now know the hazard scenarios for very
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Can you guess the street and town where these mystery buildings are located? Welcome to the weekly History Mystery Photo Contest! Because the business once conducted in these buildings was illegal, I will tell you they were once "houses of...
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An overturned trailer loaded with paper temporarily blocked the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 north of Lakehead this morning, the California Highway Patrol reported.
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How many foreclosures do you think are currently “active” or available for purchase out of the 1,389 residential listings available on the Shasta MLS? Think about it for a while and I’ll tell you at the end of the post so you can see how well you know our market!
Looking at today’s headli
City staff wants the council to OK $1,000 for a "buy Redding" campaign. Car dealers and the local chamber will also put up $1,000. Staff says city "would recoup its investment if campaign generates at least $100,000 in additional vehicle...
Will be presented to the city council Tuesday eve. Highlights: More than 12,800 "incidents" recorded last year (at five intersections). More than half were rejected by the red-light vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, or by RPD. Some 4,600 citations were issued....
Greater Redding area home sales prior 24 months
Above, we see 24 months of local home sales as a 4 part graph familiar to Redding Homes Blog readers. The bars represent local inventory expressed as Months Available. The teal line is new listings coming on, and the dark blue line is sales. The green line is inven
A man about to head the wrong way down a one-way downtown street early this morning was arrested on suspicion of carrying methamphetamine after a brief foot chase and an encounter with a police dog, according to a Redding Police Department press statement.
Deputy marshals had to physically restrain this morning a convicted killer who threatened a judge and cursed a prosecutor during a resentencing hearing in Shasta County Superior Court.
The northern Sacramento Valley is in for a rainy, windy day, according to the National Weather Service.
“The reason I think geoengineering should be considered is I don’t think we are going to save the planet with the emissions-reductions approaches that are on the table. No one is taking the magnitude of the technological challenge seriously.” ~…
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It can be smoking hot at the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area beaches during the summertime. But when the next beach season arrives, there may not be any actual smoking.
National Park Service officials are considering banning smoking at Whiskeytown’
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So Hollywood is making a biopic of the Runaways, the first all-girl band that really mattered.The Runaways, of course, were Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Sandy West and a boatload of bass players that included Mickie Steel,e Peggy Foster, Jackie Fox, Vickie Blue and Laurie McAllister. They came and went like pu
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Hey, check out those “aero” style kitchen cabinets. We’ve heard you can get that style at IKEA. You know what you’re in for here, when the best shot of the house is one obscured by bushes. We haven’t seen it in person but we’ll go out on a
As I sit here writing this, there is a whirlwind in motion down at our daughter June's house.
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Travelin' in Time is a weekly look at historical places in the north state.
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The Sundial Film Festival will have its Children's Film Festival on Saturday at Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
Bluegrass stars Bill Evans and Redding native Megan Lynch will bring their unique sound to Redding in a concert tonight at Bernie's Guitar, and will lead a workshop Saturday for north state musicians.
Flying on badly built wings
Mr. Spencer's comments regarding litigation and general aviation ("Endless lawsuits nearly brought down aviation industry," March 7) are simply off the mark.
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ANOTHER BEER SUMMIT: Chief Justice John Roberts called President Obama's remarks at the State of the Union "very troubling." Perhaps the two should have a friendly talk over beers.
Job training grants made available
New state grants totaling $12.7 million will provide training and employment services to help veterans of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as those who served earlier.
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As the Afghanistan War intensifies - Marja, soon Kandahar, and the steady arrival of 30,000 new American troops - it has come to be seen as Obama's war.
The effects of the recession haven't been altogether malign. The government says U.S. highway deaths last year were the lowest in more than half a century.
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Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2010. There are 294 days left in the year.
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Redding officials on Monday may resolve a long-festering contract dispute with its electrical employees union by forcing workers to accept concessions on health insurance benefits.
RED BLUFF - The short history of the city's only medical marijuana collective ended this week with the sentencing of a mother-daughter team that operated Blue Toad Inc.
Vermut - top dog in the Redding Police Department's K-9 squad - speeds toward the man like a 90-pound bullet.Half a second more, the black barrel-chested German shepherd will leap and lock his teeth onto the man's arm.
A transient arrested in New Mexico is charged with rape and assault stemming from a 6-year-old Redding case.
BURNEY - Shasta County sheriff's officials say they have seen a significant drop in the number of residential and commercial burglaries in eastern Shasta County since three men were arrested after a 10-month investigation.
Mikayla Erickson has "gesundheit" down.She was eliminated from last year's Record Searchlight Spelling Bee when she misspelled it.
Police accuse man of having sex with minorA 25-year-old Redding man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of having sex with a minor, police said.
The Enterprise High boys basketball team definitely could have shot better Thursday and Anthony Williams could have stayed out of foul trouble.
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The Enterprise High boys basketball team definitely could have shot better Thursday and Anthony Williams could have stayed out of foul trouble.
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You don't always get the fairy-tale ending. You can't count on always being the last one standing.There can be, after all, only one winner.
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Shame on you, California Interscholastic Federation.You're letting private schools beat the tar out of public schools when it comes to the chase for a CIF state basketball title. It's up to you to put a stop to this.
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Cinderella's coming home from the San Francisco Bay area as Liberty Christian fell 71-29 to St. Joseph of Alameda on Thursday in the second round of the CIF Northern California basketball playoffs.
Two employees at two Redding stores were cited today on suspicion of selling alcohol to a minor.
I took a drive through the mountains today, along Highway 44 from my hometown of Redding, California up to the mountain town of Susanville, California. Along the way I stopped to photograph a few things… A road crew was clearing trees to straighten part of the windy mountain road… some of their equipment appeale